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Been neglecting the old cable forum lately (little promotion final match comming on Sunday with 30,000 mates :D) seems no news for months on channels comming to VM:(

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Well we live in hope MH.:)

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Apart from the 24 odd Olympic channels, of course.... :rolleyes:

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Apart from the 48 Olympic channels to disappear shortly thereafter? :D

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Great, but are not permanent channels, would have loved to sign up to Premier Sports for the last month, but not remotely to the of level of I am off to SKY though:erm:

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Not long term channels are they though OB.:)

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I am going for the real McCoy, lucky to be successful in getting a few events at the Olympic's, looking forward to men's Water Polo:)

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l wonder how many are looking forward to the womens beach volleyball.;)

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Tried but couldn't get those tickets, I have got the ladies football Gold medal final though:D

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Me, me, me, me, me, me, me.........:devsmoke:

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Some new channels would be nice :)

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I have enough trouble watching everything I'm recording right now so I'm happy with no new channels really :p::D

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I must admit it has almost turned into a job watching the programs I've recorded onto TiVo!

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Thanks for info.

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All I know is UKTV are set to launch Ailbi HD in July 2012 on both Virgin Media and Sky.

I think Virgin will put Ailbi HD on Virgin Channel 131 with Ailbi +1 moving to Channel 193 or 194 (I forgot where Sony TV is)

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I want HD channels really more HD content, I dislike watching SD now. But to be fair I don't have to watch SD very often.

I guess the channels I really want were not very likely to get soon if ever. Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Sports 3 & 4 HD. But I'd like to see the missing ITV HD channels appear this year.

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Welcome home MB. Hope you're OK. Would be good to have Alibi in HD, Dolby AC3.

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Just online trying to keep my mind off it.

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My thoughts entirely.

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American Networks ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS and The CW Have Annouced Which Shows Have Been Renewed, Axed and Picked Up For 2012/2013 Season. The Pilots That Have been Picked up are: Mathew Perry (Chandler from Friends) returns in Comedy Called Go On, Kevin Bacon Stars in a Serial Killer Drama Called The Following, Sex and The City Prequal The Carrie Diaries, Updated Version of Beauty & The Beast, Supernatural Drama 666 Park Avenue Starring Terry o Quinn Locke From Lost & Vanessa Williams Wilomena From Ugly Betty & Desperate Housewives, JJ Abrams (Lost, Fringe, Alias) & Eric Kripe (Supernatural) Have joined Forces With Revoultion, Robert Nepper (T Bag From Prison Break) Stars in Cult, Firefighter Drama from Creators of Law & Order Chicago Fire and Lucy Liu Is Watson in Elementary alongside Johnny Lee Miller as Sherlock etc Lets Hope They Get picked up over here in the United Kingdom. You Can Watch Brand New trailers on Youtube.com

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Surely there can't be just me who isn't really that bothered if something's not in HD?! :confused:

If I have the choice I will record something in HD but I really don't care if it's not. If you see what I mean :)

For example, I would have missed two seasons of the brilliant "Rizzolli & Isles" and also "Covert Affairs" if I had insisted on only watching things in HD. (Of course, now WatchHD has started showing the latter from the start! If only it had been the other way round :(

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It's not simply the visual aspect of HD Carl. All SD broadcasts are in 2 channel stereo. If you have a home theatre setup, even a lowly Panasonic 5.1 such as ours, then the aural experience is a great deal different. Although not all HD output is surround the 2.1 Dolby AC3 is richer.

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I know what you mean, but it really bothers me when it comes to football and other sports, because imo HD brings out the best in sports, especially the football, and because we haven't got Sky Sports 3/4 in HD then thats a big letdown for me.

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No, but once the infrastructure is in place for these temporary channels, the vacant capacity will be in place for adding extra channels after the olympics...

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No, there are at least 2 of us :)

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I am in 3DD ;)

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Did anybody noticed the advert in yesterdays Metro?. In the 'Collections' advert there was a tv with an 'Angry Birds' game on it. Could this mean there could be proper games coming soon?

I say this because my son can play it on our Roku media streamer http://www.roku.com/uk which had me wondering if it was coming to Virgin on Tivo.

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Well lets hope this is the lull before the storm then.:)

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It's worse than that, he's dead Jim...:D

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Surprised to say I agree with Carl so group up to 3.

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Another urban myth,I understand - open to being proved wrong- never said in show( so was my line but what the heck :D)

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You can add me to this group as well.

As I have a recording box, I feel the same about the +1 channels.

I'd much prefer a single additional channel with new content to half a dozen "new" HD/+1 channels.

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Line comes from:
"Star Trekkin'" by The Firm (Lister/John O'Connor)

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Sorry with regard to +1, I rather like them A lot of the channels I want to record seem to fit in to the 9pm slot & then +1 comes in to it own :p:

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O boy does it, now have a "worm", too many years spent in "kids clubs" on holiday, as late as last year I heard it at a kids club in Spain :dozey:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

UKTV strikes deal to air 350 hours of C4 content.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...041957.article

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Not sure why this will make any difference to Virgin subscribers.At least given the new packages .If I understand them correctly
However it may give freeview some extra programmes , or have got all of this wrong - :p:

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Just tell viewers about it (So you can tell her indoors);)

Maybe now Discovery will axe Discovery Travel and Living.

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that and Disney are the only reasons ( TV wise) that we ever had XL - just need kids to grow up & Disney can go:rolleyes:

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And with Tivo, you don't have to spend time keeping an eye out for if and which channel they may end up on; just add them to a whishlist and job done. I did that with last years new US shows and it worked a treat.

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Yes, as with HD - some like, some don't. I tend to watch rather than record (why I prefer V+ to TiVo, reminders and Red Button are important to me).

All such things have to be with regard to personal benefit.

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On the 1st June, some music channels are moving packages:

Magic (340) going from L Pack to M+ Pack

Kiss (336) - L Pack > M+ Pack

The Box (335) - XL Pack > M+ Pack

Kerrang! (342) - XL Pack > L Pack

Smash Hits (337) - XL Pack > L Pack

How come customers on lower packages get more channels whilst XL package gets de-valued?

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XL customers got the likes of Eden HD, Good Food HD, Watch HD, Dave HD, SKY Arts 1 HD, SKY Arts 2 HD plus plenty of On Demand content last year which M+ and L customers didn't. The XL package was strengthened at no extra cost to its customers. Virgin added plenty of value to XL last year.

I don't have a problem with a few channels dropping into M+ and L. These customers need new channels from time to time, just like us guys on XL and VIP.

The 5 channels dropping down in package don't exactly attract major viewing figures.

Let's see what Virgin add to XL in the coming months to add more value. We know Alibi HD is on it's way, which is a start.

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Great news, wanted Kerrang for a while but couldn't justify £20 more a month to go up to XL TV. £7 is slightly better.

I think VM really need a package between L and XL now. That has all the channels that XL has but without HD and ESPN.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

There is goods news USA Drama Created By JJ Abrams Person of Interest Has Been Picked up By Channel 5 and Will Be shown in July 2012.

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It seems to me that Virgin are beefing up the M+ pack now that digital terrestrial conversion is reaching conclusion, with the London area just converted they may be trying to pre-empt customers who may cancel M+ and go to Freeview.

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You could be right. Virgin has some really good M+ deals with TiVo all at half price for 6 months for new customers. With Euro 2012, Wimbledon and The Olympics all around the corner now is a great time for non-pay TV customers to join Virgin, to enjoy a summer of sport in HD, with 3 tuners to help catch all the action.

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Just saw this on DS and it says for anyone interested, the BBC Olympics channels will occupy EPG numbers 550-573 for HD and 574-597 for SD. and Eurosport 3D should return to its former channel number 523.

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Thanks Den for that piece of information.

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Nice :D

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good news thanks

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Is the Eurosport 3D channel just comming back for the French open tennis again?

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Thanks for update.

Any more channels moving packages?

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SciFiHD and FXHD moving to L would be great 'cos I could save some money :p:

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Yes.:)

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No, it will be around for the Olympics as well this year.

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Thanks i wish Luton played in 3D, it was more of a 1D performance, but well done to York the better team got promoted :tu:

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4th time lucky...

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Doesn't the TiVo upscale SD as well as the V+?

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I think that Carl's reference was with regard to HD channels. I may be wrong, however the post would seem apropos saving money by going down to L. I'm on XL so I wouldn't know.

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In my opinion, no. The V+ is noticeably better than TiVo at up-scaling.

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Didn't have HD when I had the V+ so I wouldn't know :)

That is correct, Jem.

As I have said before, I'm not that bothered if something isn't in HD but I prefer it if there's a choice :)

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Eurosport 3D has now appeared on the tv guide at channel 523. Coming soon header is shown on the channel. Available to subscribers of M+ and above packages

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Oh no, I'd better cancel the order for the laptop and by a 3D TV instead! :D

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Actually a while back I did a test with a TiVo and a Samsung V+ connected to the same TV with identical settings on both HDMI inputs and the TiVo (since the 15.2 update fixed the interlacing problem) actually upscales slightly better than the Samsung V+ box.

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Channel 4's 4seven catch-up channel to launch on July 4
Channel 4's bold new channel aimed at reinventing catch-up television will launch on all the main UK digital television platforms on July 4, it has been confirmed.

The channel will launch across all major television platforms on July 4, Channel 4 has confirmed. Channel numbers for Virgin Media and Freesat are not yet known, but it is thought that 4seven will launch at channel 47 on Freeview in post-digital switchover areas, and replace More4 +2 on Sky at position 269 on the EPG.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...on-july-4.html

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As programme schedules are "locked in" two weeks before broadcast, how the heck are they going to be be able to produce such schedules for this channel? You're simply not going to know if the programme you want will be made available on it. Nice idea, but not really workable, in my opinion.

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Surely broadcasters can put out what they like when they like?

If so, its, in our case Virgins "problem" that they work two weeks ahead.
Perhaps look on line :confused:

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You could hope but I doubt if it will help :(

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FWIW my comparison was with my SA V+ box and my TiVo. I've never had the opportunity to compare TiVo with the Samsung box.

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Yes but the way it is done, and has been done forever so far, is how I described it.

As I said, that's how broadcasters have always worked.

That won't help my Tivo set itself up correctly, will it ;)

There may be an argument that "the way it's been done" really should change to a more up-to-date way but this simply cannot happen whilst paper-based TV listings magazines are still selling well.

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VM could buy all the TV magazines and make thousands of people redundant? Oh no, not really a sensible proposition and/or argument.

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That's a bit early. The Olympics don't start until the end of July,

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Isn't there some tennis comming up on Eurosport 3D?

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As with all things they evolve. The statement still holds good its Virgin/Tivos problem. They need to stop playing catch up & get ahead of the game. For the life of me I cannot remember what the EPG is called that responds to this:confused:
However that said, its not something I will lose sleep over :D

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Yes there is and if not mistaken it starts on Sunday at 10 AM

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Right. And what about Sky+ and the other EPGs out there? It's not one rule for them and another for VM. NO-ONE currently gets finalised schedules more than two weeks in advance.

You are referring, of course, to a dynamic EPG and VM's lack of one is a possible further problem but, as I am mainly thinking about those people who don't buy a newspaper, don't look on-line and don't own a DVR. How are they supposed to get to know the schedule?

This new channel will only have it's schedule decided the week before broadcast. So how can it be listed in the current crop of paper-based TV listings magazines?

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Thanks for the info my Internet is down so I'm using my iPhone hopefully the Internet will be back tomorrow

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How are you managing to connect your iphone if your internet is down, u at a hotspot?

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Tivo would still record the shows via Wishlist?

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Presumably via the mobile network (3G) :D

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Has it been confirmed that 4 seven is even coming to Virgin?

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Yes in the article above ;) and here

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My virgin media Internet router died yesterday. The engineer is coming out tomorrow to fix it hopefully :)

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It's a conspiracy man :erm: They are on to you and do not want you to tell us what is coming soon :D:D:D:D

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True. But that would mean having WLs for all C4 programmes as opposed to a SL. Meaning more work for the customer/consumer/end-user. Not ideal :)

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Hehe.......

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What I meant was that if someone is interested in watching a show then it would be on their WL already and as this channel only shows old shows this shouldn't mean any extra work fot the user.

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Cheers!

Note to self-read widely available information before asking silly questions!

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Not really. They should have it Series Linked. WLs are for things like specific genres of film, or specific actors. 99% of my recordings are done by SLs.
Well yes. If you want to go to the trouble of setting up a WL rather than a SL :)

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You can't set a SL for shows that aren't on the EPG yet, i.e. new shows that aren't due to air until several months in the future. For me, that is the massive draw of Whishlists, but I also use them for the things you mention as well.

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True. But this discussion is about repeats of Channel 4 shows ;)

Absolutely :)

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Excellent news.:)

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I can't honestly see me having much use for 4 seven. It seems as though they're basically going to fill it full of the preceding week's most popular shows from across it's channel range. I would have preferred they stuck with their current channel line up but cut out all the dross. Given that they have the ability to drive buzz on social media, for example by suggesting hashtags on some programmes, I reckon we'll find the line up entirely predictable, and probably inclusive of those that attract the highest advertising revenues.

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Sorry, I have to be honest and say I don't understand your logic.

As a previous user of Tivo, if there is a show that I know I want to watch and that has already aired (and the whole point of this channel is to rerun previously shown shows) then I would set a WL that would ensure that Tivo captures that show.

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I think Carl has a point. In the scenario you've laid out you're going to have less than a week to discover that something you fancy has been on, and then set a wishlist for it. Unless what is on this new channel differs significantly from what's available on 4 od then seriously, what's the point?

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Not everyone has 4oD.

To answer an earlier point, TiVo will cope fine with the schedule not being published two weeks in advance. It's normal for some channels to not publish the full two weeks.

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:( Must pay more attention! :dunce:

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Al Jazeera's push into French sports broadcasting is getting underway. Their new channel bein Sport HD1 is now testing in the clear on 13 east with both french and english audio available. Be interesting to see if the French market is enough for them for now, or if they will make a play for a Premier league package.

bein Sport HD1 are broadcasting the Catalan Dragons v Wigan Warriors Superleague game in Montpelier on 9th June. We should see, at least, highlights of that on Sky Sports.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

If you have wishlists, ie. TiVo, then you have 7 day catch up, don't you?

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My point wasn't that you set up a wishlist instead of a series link. My point was that for the shows that Tivo users really wanted to watch, they would already have set up a wishlist.

Edit: I read you post above re 7 day catch up and see your point. I thought this channel would rerun whole series of old shows (where WL would work) but it seems like this is just a catch up of episodes channel for which I see your and Carls point re WL.

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Everyone who has VMTV has 4OD. Everyone who has a computer has 4OD ;)

I'm sure it will. That wasn't my point :)

No. I don't think so. Well, I've never seen any that don't. (Not that I look at every channel on the EPG :p:

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Yes, but think of those poor unfortunates who have satellite or terrestrial.